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Hon Kenneth Hayne AC QC

The Hon Kenneth Hayne AC QC was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1997 to 2015. Prior to this, he was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1992, later serving on the Victorian Court of Appeal until his appointment to the High Court.

In 2002 he was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to the judiciary, to the law and the community in both legal and general education.

On his retirement from the High Court he was appointed as a professorial fellow at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne.

On 14 December 2017, the Hon Kenneth Hayne AC QC was appointed Royal Commissioner into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.